Toronto, January 26, 2011 – The Media Arts and Visual Arts offices at the Ontario Arts Council (OAC) have been restructured. Related to this change, OAC has separated and renamed some of the programs that serve the arts organizations in these areas.
The principal effect of these changes will be on media arts organizations.
For information related to the Visual Arts sector, please see below.
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Media Arts Sector
The following changes apply to the programs below.
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Media Arts Projects
Deadlines: March 1 and September 15, 2011
NEW All media arts organizations applying for projects will now apply to this program (including those that formerly applied to OAC's Media Arts Festivals Projects Program and the Visual and Media Arts Projects Program ).
- Program Description
The Media Arts Projects program provides grants to not-for-profit organizations and artists' collectives for projects that present, document or disseminate the work of professional media artists in Ontario or provide professional development opportunities for artists. The program funds projects such as media arts festivals, screening series, workshops, symposia and sector-related publications.
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Media Arts Organizations
Deadline: March 1, 2011
NEW All media arts organizations that apply for operating funding must now apply to this program (including those that formerly applied to OAC's Media Arts Festivals program and the Visual and Media Arts: Artist-Run Centres program). Please note, this program will commence a new multi-year cycle in 2011.
- Program Description
The Media Arts Organizations program provides operating support to incorporated not-for-profit organizations, such as artist-run production and distribution centres and media arts festivals, that are involved in the creation, dissemination, and presentation of media arts in Ontario.
There are no changes to either the focus or deadlines of the two programs for individual media artists:
Visual Arts Sector
The following changes apply to the programs below.
Visual Arts Projects (formerly Visual and Media Arts Projects) Deadlines: June 15 and December 15, 2011 NEW Media arts organizations no longer apply to this program. They must apply to the new Media Arts Projects program.
- Program Description
The Visual Arts Projects program provides grants to organizations, artists' collectives, groups and independent curators to undertake visual arts projects that present, document or disseminate the work of professional Ontario artists, or professional development opportunities for artists.The program funds projects such as visual art exhibitions, workshops, lectures and catalogues/publications.
Visual Arts: Artist-Run Centres and Organizations
Deadline: March 1, 2011
NEW Media arts production and distribution organizations no longer apply to this program. They must apply to the new Media Arts Organizations operating grant program. Please note, this program starts a new multi-year cycle in 2011.
- Program Description
The Visual Arts: Artist-Run Centres and Organizations program provides operating support to incorporated not-for-profit organizations, such as artist-run art galleries, visual arts festivals, distributors and production centres, and craft organizations with facilities for programming and production, that are involved in exhibition, presentation, production or distribution of the visual arts in Ontario.
There are no changes to either the focus or deadlines of the Exhibition Assistance Program fo r visual and media artists and craft artists.
There are no changes to either the focus or deadlines of the project grant programs serving visual artists and craft artists and organizations :
For more information:
Media Arts
- Mark Haslam , Media Arts Officer , 416-969-7453, toll free in Ontario 1-800-387-0058 extension 7453, mhaslam@arts.on.ca
- Anne Garde Gravestock , Media and Visual Arts Program Assistant , 416-969-7461, toll free in Ontario 1-800-387-0058 extension 7461, agravestock@arts.on.ca
Visual Arts and Crafts
- Carolyn Vesely , Visual Arts Officer , 416-969-7459, toll free in Ontario 1-800-387-0058 extension 7459, cvesely@arts.on.ca
- Lisa Wöhrle , Associate Visual Arts and Crafts Officer, 416-969-7419, toll free in Ontario 1-800-387-0058 extension 7419, lwohrle@arts.on.ca
- François Boivin , Visual and Media Arts Program Assistant, 416-969-7455, toll free in Ontario 1-800-387-0058 extension 7455, fboivin@arts.on.ca